From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Lee Lee The Wee Wee Wrangler Thinks Only Black Men Can Be Joint
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:30:07 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-02-24 02:33, -hh wrote:
> On 2/24/25 03:10, Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-02-23 20:53, AlleyCat wrote:
>>> ...
>>> When I said "keep", that meant for the opposing party's President's
>>> full term.
>>
>> Except that isn't what happens either...
>>
>> ...regardless of whether or not the party is changing.
>>
>> The normal course of events is clearly for the Chairman to be changed
>> about half way through an administration.
>
> The Joint Chiefs serve in 4 year terms, so its not mathematically
> possible for them to serve longer than a president's 4 year term unless
> they're appointed a subsequent term.
>
> Similarly, as a peak position, appointees are older and later in their
> careers, accumulating health/stress/age related factors make one
> increasingly disinclined to staying on, despite a service culture.
>
> So one should look to see how (un)common it is to serve multiple terms
> before trying to claim that changes are always politically motivated.
That was something I pretty much assumed when I saw so many of the
Chairmen left the job on September 30.
:-)